Re: [9fans] vga bios mode support, on-the-fly screen resizing

[Jack Johnson <knapjack@gmail.com>]

On 4/30/05, Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com> wrote:
> The support is still as hard as ever

I only ask because I just came back from a conference where David
Thornburg spoke, mentioning some research I hadn't heard previously
regarding the positive impact multiple views of the same data have on
student learning.

Google found related info:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4089/is_200403/ai_n9366702

"Results suggest that having students practice with differently
formatted maps of the same information improves later comprehension of
standard contour maps. These findings have implications for teaching
complex graphics and for computer-assisted instruction design." --
Journal of Geoscience Education

So naturally it's got me thinking about dual-head again.

As an aside, he and I had a great conversation about the origins of
the scrollbar at PARC, including his test wiring of a platten knob to
the side of a terminal to flip pages.

-Jack